9/20 amusements for the day: The Senate absolutely OUTRAGED
over the Move-On ad, and not really that outraged over spending
trillions on Iraq with no reasonable end goal. Also The President
Of Iran is WORLD'S GREATEST TROLL. You let him tour the
ground zero site, he wins! If you don't let him, he still wins!
Genius.
\_ It may be too late to follow up this thread, but what do you
mean by "he wins" if we let him come. You mean he gets some
positive PR by pretending to be a decent guy? 'cause if that
is all you mean, he "wins" most of the time. So what?
\_ Why do these things amuse you?

9/20 This couldn't possibly go wrong
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/nyregion/18mbrfs-REEF.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
(dumping subway cars to create artificial reefs)
\_ This is a good example of how the carbon credit system is kind of
a scam at this point; there's no regulation, so companies can get
paid "carbon credit" money for dumping iron in the ocean because
it might encourage plankton growth, and other sorts of questionable
tactics. -tom
\_ Dumping iron filing rust did indeed create a plankton bloom in
iron-poor areas. The advantage with plankton is that when they
die, they sink to the bottom, sequestering away the carbon.
Unfortunately, who knows what else it might cause. Oh, and of
course methane and water vapor are far worse than CO2.
\_ Well, that's the thing; the things done in the name of
carbon reduction haven't necessarily been researched in terms
of the entire cost/benefit. Yet companies can get money
for doing environmentally dubious things. -tom
\_ Actually, dumping iron filing rust did indeed create a plankton
bloom in iron-poor areas. The advantage with plankton is that
when they die, they sink to the bottom, sequestering away the
carbon. Unfortunately, who knows what else it might cause. Oh,
and of course methane and water vapor are far worse than CO2.
\_ It worked great with tires!